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Heiner Kubny
Antarctica appears to harbour a unique, hitherto largely hidden world beneath the soil. Researchers have identified strains of bacteria that have not yet been found anywhere else on Earth.
For the first time, researchers have succeeded in continuously tracking the movements of emperor penguin colonies from space, even during the dark Antarctic winter.
Antarctica has been losing large quantities of ice for decades. Yet between 2021 and 2023, something surprising happened.
Léa Zinsli
Melting Antarctic ice may not fertilize the ocean as expected, as most iron instead comes from deep water and the seafloor.
Rosamaria Kubny
Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey made a significant discovery while analyzing satellite images along the coast of Marie Byrd Land.
Beneath a thick layer of snow and ice, the mortal remains of hundreds of people rest on the coldest continent on Earth.
As part of the 42nd Antarctic Expedition a team from the Chilean Antarctic Institute successfully installed a new climate station at the foot of Mount Vinson.
The Antarctic season 2025/26 marks a milestone for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and its Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Project (AIMP), as the new Discovery Building now begins its operational function.
Marcel Schütz
New Zealand’s Ambassador to Switzerland, Craig Hawke, handed over the Memorandum of Arrangement between Antarctica New Zealand and the Swiss Polar Institute
